library; book collection; paperback book
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
publishing house; publishing office
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
former years; formerly; a few years ago
January; first month of the lunar calendar
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
light; faint; pale; fleeting
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
all (there is); as long as there is
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
festival merrymaking; revelry
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle